Kittyz Kitchens

Ingredients:  200g butter 1 cup sugar 3 teaspoons orange zest 4 eggs 2 cups plain flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 100ml freshly squeezed orange juice  Methods: 1) Preheat oven to 160°C. 2) In a mixing bowl, add butter, sugar and orange zest. Beat the mixture until light and fluffy. 3) Add eggs and beat, further. 4) Then, add flour, baking powder and orange juice & fold to combine. 5) Transfer mixture into a greased cake tin. 6) Place into the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes. 7) Remove from oven, cool & cut into desired shapes and sizes & serve.

  Ingredients:   460g salmon (chopped & washed) 1/4 cup lemon juice 17 cloves of crushed garlic 6 chillies 1 teaspoon tamarind Pinch of cumin Pinch of black mustard seeds 2 onions (finely chopped) 1 star anise 3 cardamom pods  3 cloves 1 cinnamon stick 2 teaspoons turmeric powder 2.5 tablespoons masala powder  15 curry leaves 1.5 cups warm water 1.5 cups canola oil for frying 1/3 cup olive oil Salt to taste Pinch of asafoetida Handful of coriander leaves Methods: *Marinate & fry salmon 1) In a mixing bowl, add salmon pieces. 2) Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, garlic (7 cloves) & chilli (3) paste and pinch of salt. 3) Mix to combine and marinate for 15 minutes.  4) In a heated frying pan, add canola oil. Once, heated add salmon pieces and fry until light brown.  5) Drain oil and remove salmon and set aside. *Salmon curry 6) In a heated pot, add olive oil and heat. 7) Add pinch of cumin and black mustard seeds and splutter. 8) Then, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick and star anis

      Ingredients: 500g long green beans (chopped and washed) 5 tablespoons cooking oil (olive oil or canola)  1 tablespoon light soy sauce Salt to taste Pinch of asafoetida *Sambal Paste  8 cloves of garlic 10 red chillies 1 onion  1/2cm ginger Methods: *Sambal Paste  1) Add all the ingredients into a blender and blend into a paste. 2) In a heated pot, over medium heat add cooking oil. 3) Once oil has heated, add sambal paste and cook for 5 minutes. 4) Add beans, salt & asafoetida. Mix to combine and cook for 10 minutes, ensure to stir, occasionally.  5) Finally, add soy sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes, extra. *Serve sambal green beans warm with rice.